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[Penguinn]

I'm planning on doing Precice internal nails/rods next year. Can my muscles prevent lengthening with the doctor being unable to do anything about it? That sounds terrifying.

[maximize]

Not really. That's impossible. The rods and pins are much stronger than your muscles.

The issue is if you have terrible ligament/tendon laxity to begin with (awful flexibility), you will run into resistance much faster.

What you do with that resistance if you encounter it is up to you and your surgeon.

Options

1) Slow down and/or stop
2) Take more pain killers, do more aggressive physio, and blast through it.

Problem with #2 is you could be scarring your muscles/tendons/ligaments and thus leading to that consequence where you never feel athletically "100%" after.

Impossible to predict. Just work on your preop flexibility. How close can you come to a front/back split? Can you touch your head to your knees with your legs straight?

[Penguinn]

Not really. That's impossible. The rods and pins are much stronger than your muscles.

The issue is if you have terrible ligament/tendon laxity to begin with (awful flexibility), you will run into resistance much faster.

What you do with that resistance if you encounter it is up to you and your surgeon.

Options

1) Slow down and/or stop
2) Take more pain killers, do more aggressive physio, and blast through it.

Problem with #2 is you could be scarring your muscles/tendons/ligaments and thus leading to that consequence where you never feel athletically "100%" after.

Impossible to predict. Just work on your preop flexibility. How close can you come to a front/back split? Can you touch your head to your knees with your legs straight?

My flexibility is poor/average right now. Thanks, I'll definitely work on it now.